BNSF 4402 leads a westbound auto train under the Santa Fe signals in Verona.

The Monongahela heritage unit leads loaded crude oil train 66Z past the relatively new CP Sully interlocking at the west end of the former Royce Running Track. The train has entered track 1 from t... (more)

UP 7671 leads a manifest west under one of the few CNW signal bridges still standing in Nelson.

Amtrak train 2225, a weekend Acela Express train to Washington, heads west through County interlocking en route to its next stop at Philadelphia 30th Street station.

CSX signalmen test new signals that replace Baltimore & Ohio color position lights in the background. Track construction in the area overnight caused a traffic backup, so the crew works while tri-... (more)

After a brief stop on the main at East Van Bibber to allow Q405 into the siding, hotshot intermodal Q032 is back on the move east.

With 105 Consol loads in tow, NS U71 led by the Reading heritage engine pulls by Vansant on the Buchanan Branch in southwestern Virginia.

Under perfectly clear skies, a matched trio of Union Pacific C44-9Ws leads intermodal train 234 through CP Sprigg on the Williamson District. We saw the train while rolling east near Williamson Ya... (more)

On a very snowy first day of Spring, the 38G makes its way eastbound through Chapel Steel in Pottstown, PA Photo by Shawn A Leightcap

BN 2701 leads a trio of GP39-2s through the semaphores at Belknap, MT on NP's former mainline along the Clark Fork west of Thompson Falls, MT. In 15 months the ownership of this line would be tran... (more)

The classic ACL Signal bridge at Lane, SC has stood for decades as hundreds of thousands of trains have passed under it's classic target signals. It's Safetran replacement awaits activation on Ma... (more)

UP SD70M 4203 leads a manifest west under the classic CNW signals in Rochelle. In March of 2015, work has begun to replace this classic signal bridge with just another generic aluminum cantilever ... (more)

Two Trains Are Better Than One A commuter train pushes north out of Red Bank across the Navesink River Bridge, while another ALP46 led train approaches from Middletown.

18N heads east past the CP 88 signals. The power for the outbound roadrailer, NS 261, can be seen at right.

On a warm spring morning, the Landrum, SC train order semaphore's top color aspects are illuminated by the large fireball in the sky. Another day has dawned, but there still hasn't been another tr... (more)